TL;DR: Scotch Box Pro is now the free version. Scotch Box Pro is now even more decked out!

It has been 9 months without a Scotch Box update! I don't really see that as a bad thing though - I see it as an accomplishment. It's been working perfectly fine and stable for a ton of people without having to upgrade the box. We've helped an enormous amount of people learn Vagrant the easy way and perfect their local development environments.

We never intended to make a killing on Scotch Box, and I know it sucks that I created a free and paid version last time. Scotch Box's main purpose is to improve my own personal work-flow, and then just release it to everyone else as well. I want to make sure I keep updating both versions and appreciate any support we've gotten.

All major features are now included in the free version. This should address all major issues and bugs related to Scotch Box (like PHP-XML not working or something else). The original pro version was near flawless.

Major Differences

HEADS UP: There's a couple differences between these versions so the initial upgrade might be a little different:

Database connections are a little different (Update your DB client and check the docs)

Vagrantfile is a little different (update your Vagrantfile via git clone and / or check the docs)

"I have installed Scotch Box (free) before and have an existing project":

Back everything up! You've been warned.

# 1. Back everything up
# 2. Manually update your Vagrantfile to the one at https://github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box
# Run
vagrant box update
vagrant up
# Re-import databases / backups. You're now on the latest version